Thomas & Friends The Big Live Tour Promo video (2003)

I heard on Facebook that Dan Colman had this video on his 2007 website (but it was later removed) so I emailed Dan asking about it and this is what he sent me.
BIG Thanks to Dan Colman for sharing this video!
Enjoy!
Thumbnail picture - Mike Tilley.
www.dancolmancreative.com/

[@TracksideManiac]

Seeing the models blink for the first time is honestly quite amazing and nerve racking.

[@YuukaKazami241]

it scares me how the eyes shake or one blink is more down than the other, very natural for 2000's animatronics.

[@distilt1238]

I sometimes wish that something like this would be brought back, or redone. A live-on-stage show touring the US, UK, or wherever (iirc the US didn’t get many live shows, but I do remember going to see Thomas Saves The Day when I was little) with a classic storyline, models that can make steam and be big enough to fit actual “drivers”, in a full size arena filled with children who can see the Thomas we grew up with come to life and done justice. It’s such a shame that the stage models were scrapped, and the show not fully documented. Maybe it’s wishful thinking, but the work that went into this makes me feel like it could’ve been something that families can watch again and again over time. Just like how I occasionally find myself listening to Railway Series audiobooks.

[@Thomas__Blue]

Love that middle song with Thomas feeling blue. Very nice theatrical piece.

[@maxsanderson735]

4:04 I couldn't agree more with you even for those that now know how the song goes

[@thomasthereallyusefultanke4139]

🥺😥😭

[@ludwigtails]

I remember seeing that show back when I was a child!

[@allenginesgofan101iambeing4]

I'm soooooooooo jealous!!!! I have such a big passion for this live show. What was it like there?

[@ludwigtails]

@@allenginesgofan101iambeing4 I watched it back when I was 4 years old. It was pretty lively there as far as I could remember back then.

[@jameslisterthemarthplayer8322]

I’m sad that I never got to see the live tours as a kid as I was born after the year the All Aboard Live Tour stopped. And there’s no full recording of the Big Live tour anywhere at the moment, so I’m a sad, strange little man, and I have your pity.

[@TankEngine97]

Considering a lot of the show was filmed, I'm surprised that they didn't consider releasing it on DVD.

[@jamessmithandgarrettsmith3623]

They should have I wish to see the entire thing.

[@maxsanderson735]

I wish the same thing as it all started in 2002 when it could have been released on VHS 📼 and DVD 📀 and I would experience it 😔

[@thischannelisclosedforever339]

I Also Wish This Aired On TV as a Television Special

[@Henryfan1Productions]

The Facebook Page States That A Tape Does Exist, They Just Are No Allowed To Put It On Dvd

[@arbytv5139]

@@Henryfan1Productions do you have any clue of where I could buy the VHS of it?

[@gabrieljoson7478]

I remember going to this. Absolutely loved it

[@stedfastproductions]

I got some heck of a surprise when I just learned the director of big live and all aboard live tour was in fact... Iain Lauchlan! Director of the Fun Song Factory and the Tweenies! I didn't even know about that until then! I mean WOW!!! He is the top of the show! He's a legend!

[@ThomasROBLOXAdventures2007]

4:04 - Thomas after Mattel ruined him

[@DolgochProductions]

Damn, I currently miss this live tour so much.

[@zacwollervoiceninja5136]

At 4:04, 🎶”I’ll huff and chuff all through the night, till I’m far away and free. And when my steam runs out I’ll know, that no one will find me. But things are not the same as before, Mistakes I make no one can ignore, I keep my paintwork looking fine, I try so hard to be on time, But I’m not a useful engine anymore. I’M NOT A USEFUL ENGINE ANYMORE...”🎶

[@allenginesgofan101iambeing4]

I totally agree. I feel like this song would have fit in very well with sodors legend of the lost treasure or the all Engines go episode. The real number one

[@ciarandaragh8676]

Me too dude that song is great and beautiful

[@zacwollervoiceninja5136]

That song should’ve been put into Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure!

[@stuartbarclay7940]

@@zacwollervoiceninja5136 I agree!

[@ThomasROBLOXAdventures2007]

I agree!

[@JosephRailwayStudios2000]

Great Find.

[@JulianTrainKidProductions]

I just realized some of the music heard in the live tour has been reused in the Magic Tracks app.

[@heitorkawano5124]

I noted too

[@LowerTidmouthStudios]

4:04 (good ending) Percy Tells the fat Controller that thomas is still useful, and he can't leave sodor. The fat Controller agreed with Percy, and thomas is still really useful.

[@harrisonallen651]

They should’ve released on DVD and VHS

[@stuartbarclay7940]

Agreed!

[@Superblueyparty6600]

Look at shows like: The Wiggles Bob the builder Bear in the big blue house They all got live shows, and those shows have been put onto DVD

[@shiohanon2310]

僕も同じ願い事　書いたから　当たり前だ😊

[@nicholassantos7057]

Thomas will always goen to my friend no matter what

[@marithaebelebe7373]

This is good like it like the sorder Railway

[@engineboy53productions15]

Magnificent

[@SootyWill]

Woah!! What a cool find! Thanks for sharing it! That song by Thomas in the middle was the most interesting part for me. I'll you bet it's just a matter of time before we find a soundtrack for this show; just like how Ffarquhar Thomas uncovered the Korean "Thomas Saves The Day" soundtrack a few months ago. By the way, do you mind if I share this on Twitter? People need to see this!

[@TBLTfan]

I don't mind, a few people have also posted about this on twitter.

[@cinnamonmantrainsareawesom7224]

I think this is probably the closest thing Thomas could get to musical theater

[@cinnamonmantrainsareawesom7224]

I think this could be the closest thing Thomas has been to musical theater what do you guys think

[@Diedraft]

It’s creepy seeing their faces move like that

[@scoobyfan2000akaewanlundys2ndc]

This is awesome

[@Chadheinbaugh]

My childhood

[@anthonymarshall6868]

4:03 Think that song fits well with Thomas in my Sodor Fallout AU?

[@PostmanDouglas2011-dn8wz]

Who voices the troublesome trucks in the big live tour?

[@nicholashidekishigenagados5849]

So cool really cool and I love thomas james percy gordon harold and jack from thomas & friends this is totally super cool

[@aegontan686]

4:04 Someone should do an AI cover of this with John Hasler's voice

[@user-ef1sd6hr7k]

DVD と vhs 楽しみに まってるよ

[@reeganvargas7822]

Thomas Pulling Naughty And Troublesome

[@rylengrabler1765]

What if Thomas & Friends - The Big & All Aboard Live Tours Has Higher Budget And Then They Would Been Build Models Of Emily, Working Engines Version Of Gordon, Edward, Henry, Lady, Toby, Henrietta, Duck, Diesel, Oliver, Toad, Donald, Douglas, Bertie And Diesel 10 And They Would Been Touring Canada, United States Of America, Australia, Mexico, Latin America And New Zealand

[@rylengrabler1765]

And Then Thomas & Friends - The Big Live Tour Would Been Toured In Japan

[@UltraDaPacFan]

GOOD NEWS LADS! LONDON ENGLAND, THIS LIVE TOUR THOMAS MODEL IS AT LONDON!

[@northyw64]

I thought it got scrapped

[@UltraDaPacFan]

@@northyw64 it did, I thought he was alive, but no.

[@crystalboi-pg8np]

James looks high to me

[@OptimusPrime298]

Andrew Lloyd Webber: why didn’t I make a musical based on the books I read?

[@islesofforeignrails7917]

Finally!

[@karenfan010]

rip edward henry toby duck and oliver

[@AlexsStopMotionAdventures]

They couldn’t afford to make all characters

[@damianhendriks6162]

Donald and Douglas: i guess no one cares about us!

[@swag-a-dellaman6555]

I used to go see that play in Birmingham when I was 4 years old.

[@aricgill1290]

I heard the James model broke a world record. Or was that the all aboard show?

[@engineboy53productions15]

It was the James model that broke a world record in 2004. Check out the trivia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXbPc6F4mb59r6c

[@harryfoley2294]

the all aboard show uses the same props

[@damianhendriks6162]

Same prop,.

[@user-tu4wh1bs6w]

I have some bad news...

[@LJCarnathan]

0:07 Is Thomas pulling the Troublesome Trucks?

[@user-ef1sd6hr7k]

サウンドトラックも まってるよ

[@jimmymccartney2049]

2002-04

[@jaredpower1019]

I wish they add it on dvd and vhs for it just like they did with bob the builder live stage so why not thomas

[@shiohanon2310]

七夕に願いを　書いたら　願いが叶うかもしれないよ😊大丈夫

[@nickakeson3652]

Was this Thomas live show playing somewhere in Southern California USA?

[@thomaspilz6836]

Goof: Thomas has Edward's whistle

[@TBLTfan]

The arena shows don't use the TV series whistles, they instead use a generic train whistle sfx as heard in the video.

[@thomaspilz6836]

@@TBLTfan IT sounds like Edward

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

Nice

[@andrewharveyofficial]

I wasn't born in 2003

[@FatalisJr]

I guess I was born in the wrong generation, I was born 6 years late to witness this beauty

[@YusufBintangMubarak-gc2qb]

Me loves big lives tour!

[@shiohanon2310]

そうだよ　僕たちも　Thomas and friends the big live tour all aboard live tour 大好きなんだよ😊

[@reecehaines395]

what did thomas say when harold the helicopter found thomas the tank engine

[@thischannelisclosedforever339]

So, This is The Full Version?

[@maxsanderson735]

You mean the trailer?

[@thischannelisclosedforever339]

@@maxsanderson735 yes

[@thepolishgenerator5915]

The full thing

[@stuartbarclay7940]

Why the heck did they not put this live show on DVD?!

[@TBLTfan]

Recently someone said that they apparently own a VHS recording of the show that was sold at the arenas the tour was currently playing at, at the time, they also said that they have plans to eventually upload it for public viewing.

[@stuartbarclay7940]

@@TBLTfan Oh, cool.

[@YaBroNamedGheee]

When?

[@valeriaarmy3769]

Y Edward😑?

[@thepolishgenerator5915]

I think this was first in Portugal 🇵🇹

[@TBLTfan]

No, this live show only toured the UK.

[@thepolishgenerator5915]

Is this Thomas saves the circus?

[@TBLTfan]

@@thepolishgenerator5915 No, this is the Thomas & Friends The Big Live Tour, which came out 7 years before The Circus Comes To Town.

[@thepolishgenerator5915]

@@TBLTfan oh. In Portugal, Poland, Germany, and many more there was a "Thomas save the circus"

[@merlinandmurdoch7837]

@@thepolishgenerator5915 thomas and the circus you mean, funny how there whas another show called “thomas saves the day” with the same props as thomas and the circus

[@anisahlow7050]

Oioooo

[@user-tu4wh1bs6w]

Thomas is scraped...

[@Road_railproductions]

I’m not really useful engine any more I’m not a really useful engine any moreeeee

[@quackersnap5317]

I want a Tomas the tank engine live action film

[@merlinandmurdoch7837]

It’s called thomas and the magic railroad *Ernie laugh*

[@kiantesmith1257]

Thomas is scaped